He would have COME / He would have TOLD

Eng.noob wrote:

Hi, I have a doubt. Why is present tense(COME) used in 1st sentence and why past(TOLD) in 2nd sentence? I mean its never writen "he would have came", yet its true that "he would have TOLD(not tell)"??

We say He would have come because 'come' is a past participle, not a simple past tense verb. The verb after 'have' should be be a past participle. [come, came, come (past participle)]

Similarly, we say He would have told. The verb after 'have' should be a past participle. [tell, told, told (past participle)]

I hope my explanation is clear enough.

Hi,
look up a verb in the dictionary. You get base form // past // past participle

go ---> go / went / gone
eat --> eat / ate / eaten
walk -> walk / walked / walked (this is a regular verb, you just have to add -ed at the end)

You use the past for the simple past, for example.
Yesterday I went to Chicago.

You use the past participle in the present and past perfect, and other structures like the ones you are asking about.
If I had had more time, I would have gone downtown.

Now look up "come". You'll get come /came / come. So you would have come.